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  • Thursday, July 17, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    Rise and Walk
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 PM EDT
    Registration Hours
  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM EDT
    Speaker Ready Room Hours
  • 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM EDT
    Childcare Room
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
    Breakfast: Exhibit Hall & Posters
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
    YSC Chats with Luminaries
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Functional Ready-to-Fill Capsules: A Targeted GI Delivery Solution from Pre-Clinical to Commercial

    Speaker: Mohammed I. Syed, PhD – Evonik Corporation, St. Johns University

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Innovations in Oral Delivery of New Drug Modalities
    Industry Session
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Innovative Strategies for Long-Acting Injectables: Exploring PharmaShell Technology
    Industry Session
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
    Tech Forum: Opportunities and Challenges in the Design of mRNA LNPs
    Industry Session
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Exhibitor Advisory Council Meeting
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session V: Gene Delivery and Gene Editing III
    Chair: Maria Kavallaris, PhD (she/her/hers) – Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales
    Co-Chair: Dan Peer – Tel Aviv University
    Gene Delivery and Gene Editing
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session V: Imaging in Drug Delivery
    Chair: Alexandros Marios Sofias, PhD (he/him/his) – RWTH Aachen University Hospital
    Co-Chair: Rafael T. M de Rosales, PhD – King's College London
    Imaging in Drug Delivery
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session V: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Nano)
    Chair: Christian Celia, 59167536 (he/him/his) – University of Chieti - Pescara "G. d'Annunzio"
    Co-Chair: Xiuling Lu, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Connecticut
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session V: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Oral)
    Chair: Stefano Salmaso, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Padova
    Co-Chair: Yahya E. Choonara, BPharm, MPharm, PhD (he/him/his) – University of the Witwatersrand
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryOral Delivery
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session V: Skin and Mucosal Delivery III
    Co-Chair: Alejandro J. Paredes, PhD (he/him/his) – Queen's University Belfast
    Chair: Hélder Santos, DSc (he/him/his) – University Medical Center Groningen
    Skin and Mucosal Delivery
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Tech Session V: Women's Health II
    Chair: Hannah Zierden, PhD – University of Maryland
    Co-Chair: Christine Allen, Dr. – University of Toronto
    Women's Health
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
    JCR Editorial Meeting
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
    Industry Plenary Lecture IV: Rubi Burlage
    Chair: Stephanie Barrett, PhD (she/her/hers) – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Co-Chair: Marianne Ashford, PhD (she/her/hers) – AstraZeneca
    Plenary Speaker: Rubi Burlage
    Invited Speaker: Avi Schroeder
    Award Winner: Arthur Tipton, PhD (he/him/his) – Vulcan Gray
    Plenary SessionAwards
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    JCR Board Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Lunch Break: Exhibit Hall & Posters
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    YSC & Industry Foresight Council - Chat with Industry
    Chair: Gulcin Arslan Azizoglu, MSc PhD – Georgia Institute of Technology
    Chair: Marwa Sallam, PhD (she/her/hers) – school of Engineering, Brown University
    Presenter: Stephanie Barrett, PhD (she/her/hers) – Merck & Co., Inc.
    Presenter: Manuel Sanchez-Felix, PhD (he/him/his) – Halozyme
    Presenter: Liz Pierson
    Presenter: Hunter Chen, PhD – Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
    YSC SessionCommittee Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
    Industry Roundtable: Industry Advances in the Advancement of Long-Acting Therapies - Round Table Discussion with Gilead Sciences

    Panelist: Tyler Novak, PhD – Gilead Sciences

    Panelist: Marcus Deloney, PhD – Gilead Sciences

    Panelist: Robert C.H Gresham, PhD. – Gilead Sciences

    Panelist: Bhanu Singh, BVSc, MS, DACVP, DABT, Fellow IATP – Gilead Sciences

    Panelist: Emily Lewkowicz

  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    C&DP Board Meeting
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Tech Forum: Enhancing Patient Care Through Advancements in Orally Disintegrating Tablets

    Speaker: Charli A. Smardon, MBiochem – Catalent

  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Tech Forum: Presented by Dionamix Scientific Inc
    Industry Session
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    Tech Forum: Process Optimization and Scale Up of a Complex Modified Release Multiparticulate Product
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT
    YSC Industry Career Panel
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    General Session III: Titans of CRS #2
    Chair: Juliane Nguyen, PhD (she/her/hers) – UNC at Chapel Hill
    Co-Chair: Roy van der Meel, PhD – Eindhoven University of Technology
    Panelist: Vlad Muzykantov, PhD (he/him/his) – PENN
    Panelist: Tamara Minko, PhD: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD – Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
    Panelist: Alexander Kabanov, PhD: FOUNDERS AWARD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Panelist: Maria Kavallaris, PhD (she/her/hers) – Australian Centre for NanoMedicine, University of New South Wales
    Award Winner: Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, PhD (she/her/hers) – Tel Aviv University
    General SessionAwards
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT
    Translational Research Panel: Advancing Discoveries from the Research Bench to the Clinic
    Chair: Paolo Decuzzi, PhD – Italian Institute of Technology
    Co-Chair: Maria Teresa Peracchia, PhD – Sanofi
    Panelist: Aroa Duro Castaño, PhD (she/her/hers) – Curapath
    Panelist: Benjamin Winkeljann, PhD (he/him/his) – Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
    Panelist: Nicholas J. Hunt, BSc, PhD – The University of Sydney
    Panelist: Jeff Hrkach – Advisor & Consultant, Boston (MA)
    Panelist: Brian Schanen, PhD – mRNA Center of Excellence | Sanofi
    Panelist: Hamideh Parhiz – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
    Industry SessionAwards
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Afternoon Break: Exhibit Hall & Posters
  • 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Tech Session VI: Bioengineering III
    Chair: John R. Clegg, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Oklahoma
    Co-Chair: Zongmin Zhao
    Bioengineering
  • 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Tech Session VI: Delivery Technologies for Diversified Products
    Chair: Jie Shen, PhD (she/her/hers) – Northeastern University
    Co-Chair: James Oxley, PhD (he/him/his) – Southwest Research Institute
    Delivery Technologies for Diversified Products
  • 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Tech Session VI: Immuno Delivery III
    Chair: Yang -. Shi, PhD (he/him/his) – RWTH Aachen University
    Co-Chair: Jai Prakash, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Twente
    Immuno Delivery
  • 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Tech Session VI: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Gene)
    Chair: Álvaro Somoza, PhD (he/him/his) – IMDEA Nanociencia
    Co-Chair: Roy van der Meel, PhD – Eindhoven University of Technology
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliveryGene Delivery and Gene Editing
  • 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Tech Session VI: Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery (Focus: Skin / Mucosal)
    Chair: Joe Kakkassery, PhD – Halozyme Inc.
    Co-Chair: Chun Wang, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Nanomedicine and Nanoscale DeliverySkin and Mucosal Delivery
  • 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Tech Session VI: Oral Delivery III
    Chair: Ana Beloqui, PhD (she/her/hers) – Université catholique de Louvain
    Co-Chair: Davide Brambilla, PhD (he/him/his) – Université de Montreal
    Oral Delivery
  • 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
    Exhibit Hall & Posters
  • 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM EDT
    Closing Reception